General Motors

General Motors is mentioned in 5,789 articles and has appeared on 12 TIME covers
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A General Motors employee inspects a SUV on the assembly line at the GM assembly plant in Arlington, Texas.
General Motors is the world's largest automaker. The company sold 9.2 million vehicles last year under brands that include Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saab and Saturn. Based in Detroit, GM employs some 327,000 people around the world and manufactures vehicles in 33 countries. In 2005 it hauled in revenues of $192 billion. ... Read More

General Motors Articles

Found: 5789 Articles
  • Jan. 7, 1929
    (See front cover) Last July, in a matter of fact sort of way, Walter P. Chrysler offered the public a new automobile called the Plymouth. On the thirtieth day of that month, Dodge Bros, stockholders approved a $160,000,000 deal which turned over their business to the Chrysler Corp. The Dodge company included Graham Bros., big ...
  • Dec. 16, 1935
    Last week the Securities & Exchange Commission trampled heavily on a most acute business bunion by publishing a list of high-salaried men of business. The salaries had been filed with the request that they be considered confidential, but SEC rated them as matters of public interest and therefore not to be concealed. Date of publication ...
  • Feb. 22, 1937
    At 6 o'clock one evening in Detroit's Hotel Statler, John L. Lewis shook his bushy head and sat up in bed to take his medicine. His secretary put a spoonful in his mouth. Mr. Lewis swallowed and made a face. He had influenza. Shortly a man left the sickroom. Newshawks in the corridor crowded around ...
  • May. 18, 1962
    (See Cover) With investor confidence at its lowest ebb since Dwight Eisenhower's heart attack and Big Board stock prices falling $6 billion in one day's trading, Wall Street last week was a cheerless place for anyone trying to peddle large blocks of stock. So discouraging was the atmosphere that long-scheduled sales of stock in two ...
  • Jan. 25, 1937
    "It may be necessary for me to go to Detroit," said Madam Secretary Perkins, looking anxiously down her nose. Cause of her anxiety was an all-night fracas between police and strikers in the General Motors strike at Flint, Mich, which had sent a score of casualties to the hospital (TIME, Jan. 18). Not anxious but ...
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General Motors Photo Essays & Graphics

  • Detroit: Now a Ghost Town: Once a crowded urban center, Detroit has become a large city with many buildings and too few people. By mid-2008, its population had dropped to 912,062, about half the number of residents in 1950
    Once a crowded urban center, Detroit has become a large city with many buildings and too few people. By mid-2008, its population had dropped to 912,062, about half the number of residents in 1950
  • GM's Eight Great Hopes for 2010: GM's new line includes a muscle car, a hybrid pickup, several crossover vehicles and the battery-powered Volt. Will it be enough to woo customers? Click through and decide for yourself
    GM's new line includes a muscle car, a hybrid pickup, several crossover vehicles and the battery-powered Volt. Will it be enough to woo customers? Click through and decide for yourself